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form just described with its characteristic overlapping petals may 
thus be appropriately termed f. incuinbens. 
A second form which we shall call f. diver gens approaches most 
closely to f. incuinbens, and is nearly as frequent in its occurrence ; 
also it has flowers of about the same size. The petals here are 
deeply divided and the two somewhat narrow lobes diverge from 
one another (Text-fig., d), whilst the outer margins of adjacent 
petals are either separate or only just overlap at the apex. Coronal 
scales are usually present, and the essential organs are normal. In 
the specimen figured (Plate I, fig. 5) one of the petals is slightly 
displaced so as to overlap the one adjacent. 
Approaching rather closely to the last is another form, in which 
the lobes and petals diverge somewhat, but differing in the involution 
of both edges of each lobe, this extends from about half-way from 
the base to the apex. Owing to this character the lobes appear 
acute at the tip instead of rounded as is seen in Plate I., fig. 2. 
This form, which we will term f. involuta, is not of very frequent 
occurrence, its flowers are hermaphrodite and range in diameter 
from about 20 to 25 mm. 
The last of the hermaphrodite forms is not very commonly 
found, but, of them all, it is perhaps the most beautiful. The 
flowers are not infrequently as much as 30 mm. in diameter, so that 
this form is the largest of any of the Sea Campions with the 
exception of a double form to be described later. Each petal is 
deeply divided, the two lobes diverging in the upper part; the petals 
as a whole also diverge very markedly from one another. The 
feature, however, which completely separates this from all but one 
of the other forms, is the presence of narrow lobelets arising sym¬ 
metrically near the base of each lobe of the petal from its outer 
edge (Text-fig. b, c, l L ). These lobelets are narrow finger-like pro¬ 
cesses standing away from the major lobe and curving slightly 
towards the apex. They may attain a length of more than 5 mm. 
and usually curve slightly upwards from the general plane of the 
petal. The name f. lobata therefore seems to be most appropriate 
for this type. 
Three flowers of this form are illustrated in figures 3a, 3b and 
3c, where besides the characters already described the long coronal 
scales at the base of the petals are readily seen (especially in fig. 3c). 
The prominent development of these structures is a marked feature 
of this form which together with the upstanding lobelets give an 
almost double appearance to the flowers as seen in nature. There 
